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10th Grade Vocab
Spring Vocab 16-30
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10th Grade
02/12/2012
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Laudatory (adj)
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Giving praise
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Mollify (v)
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To calm or sooth
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Novel (adj)
 Definition
Strikingly new or unusual
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Obdurate (adj)
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Stubborn, inflexible
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Ostentatious (adj)
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Describing a pretentious display
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Paramount (adj)
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Of chief concern or importance
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Penitent (adj)
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Remorseful for one's misdeeds
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Pervasive (adj)
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Dispersed throughout
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Plausible (adj)
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Seemingly valid or acceptable, credible
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Rancor (n)
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Bitter resentment or ill will; hatred; malice
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Spurious (adj)
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Not genuine; false; counterfeit
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Stoic (adj)
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Indifferent to pleasure or pain; impassive
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Superfluous (adj)
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Extra; unnecessary
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Tenuous (adj)
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Having little substance or strength, unsure; weak
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Transitory (adj)
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Short-lived; temporary
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